Anoushik

Awww, how great!

Wow, he was pretty young.

That's so great Daniel!!!

This is such a beautiful song. It's Amirkhanian himself singing, is that correct?

Awesome!!! :thumbup: My Congratulations to Ani!!!

OK, good. I was about to create a new topic about the Old Testament but glad that I won't. I'm reading the Bible. Yes, I'm reading the Bible. I thought that it's about time that I actually become familiar with one of the biggest religions in the world. I then plan to read the Koran and get also acquainted with Buddhism. Now, I'm reading the Bible from the beginning. Of course I was familiar with the famous stories of Abraham, his son Isaac, Jacob, etc., but I was familiar with the clean, edited version of the stories through the Children's BIble. And yes, in my adult years I'd heard of adultery and incest and murder taking place in the Old Testament but let me tell you, I was not prepared for what I was about to read. So far I've only made it to Joseph and his forgiving of his brothers in Egypt. And so far I've been nothing but disgusted. Jacob, are you kidding me?! He did nothing to deserve being blessed. He cheated his twin brother, he cheated his father, his sons wiped out an entire city - killing the men, women, and children and stealing their belongings because one man had "defiled" their sister Dinah - yet he is regarded as a blessed and great man. Seriously, what does this teach to people?

This is it. Exactly what you've written. Our biggest tragedy.

Sadly, it's so true. A couple of years ago Armenia saw some kind of progress. People were getting paid in their workplace. We stopped sending that much money. Now, it's not only gotten worse again, but it's gotten even worse than before. The country is moving backwards.

Well, when I first heard that in the morning the thought crossed my mind that he's singing it in some other version of the folk song. Then I looked up the info one more time and re-confirmed that Kaqavik is an original song by Komitas and not a folk song. I guess I'm one of those purists who like the performances to reflect what the composers had in mind. Blame it on my classical music training Also, in all honesty I think the original melody is so beautiful and so gracefully portrays the singing of a partridge that taking those ranging intervals away from the song is unnecessary.

He diverges somewhat from the original melody that we are all so used to. Interesting, I wonder why he'd do that.

Awesome! Et inch hajeli dzyun er!

LOL Arpa, you really made your point!

You guys are funny

Seriously, why are we, Armenians, such suspicious and faithless people? On my Facebook Newsfeed the only people suspicious about the news about Osama are the Armenians. One even went as far as to comment that Osama was not responsible for 9/11. Such stupidity. I don't get it.

Dear Arpa, as I grow older - and as a result hopefully a bit more wiser - I appreciate more and more what you stand for and what you say. Thank you.

Btw, I haven't watched any Armenian channel since the last episode of "Kyanqi gin@". But it seems the same commercials remain.

:lol2:

Has celery been traditionally used in Armenian recipes?

LOL Nane, I love your version of the song!

No. Of course not. And this problem stems because all Armenians like power and control. Actually, all people like power and control, but in countries like the U.S. at least everyone has to adhere to the established law and order while in Armenia such law and order is non-existent. The problem of power is not only with government officials in Armenia. It's with all the Armenians with power, be they owners of supermarkets or directors of universities. They control all the monies and give pennies to their employees. Nothing will change until all Armenians change their mind-set.

So true

Typical pop. It's catchy. Out of the whole bunch she's always been the best singer. But instead of "ayo" she sings "aya", lol.

It's sad.

Patjar@ dra inch er? Asetsin?

Em jan, what do you mean the media is fueling hatred against being Armenian? Which media? Where? Maybe I've missed it.